Automobile bumper



April 7, 1925. 1,532,487

J HAYES AUTOMOBILE BUMPER Filed July 28, 1923 6 INVENTOR ATTORNE1,532,487 T QTFEQE.

JEREMIAH HAYES, OF EVERETT, WASHINGTON.

AUTO'IEOBILE BUMPER.

Application filed July 28,

.To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, Jnemirarr Hares, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Everett, SnohomishCounty, l'Vashington,

have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in AutomobileBumpers, of which the folloi'ving isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in I i its back side, is a ribprovided with spaced automobile bumpers, .and has for its prin- 1o.cipal' object to provide a device otthat character embodying a cushionedbumper bar of novel shape and construction and which has supportingmembers of an adjustable character which provides for its being mountedon automobiles of different make. More specifically, the inventionresides in the provision of a bumper wherein the bumper bar is ofchannel construction with a solid rubber or pneumatic cushion held inthe channel to receive the shock of impact to thereby greatly reduce theon the vehicle and bar mountings and which will prevent marring of theobject engaged.

Other objects of the invention reside in bar, its supporting means andmethod of mounting the same on a vehicle.-

In accomplishing-these and other objects oi? the invention, I haveprovided the details of construction, the preferred forms of which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wl1erein- Figure 1 is aperspective view of an automobile bumper embodied by the present invention. i

Figure 2 is a'top viewof the same, shown tly in section for betterillustration.

. figure 3 is a transverse sectional view,

talzen on .line 33 in Figure 2. a

Figure at isa sectional view illustrating an alternative construction.

igure 5 a. partial plan view of a" bun'iper of an alternativeconstruction having a cushioned mounting.

Figure 6' is a transverse sectional view of the same. I

Referring more in detail to the several views of the drawingi 1designates the bumper via .41

bar proper, which he. prefe ably is of channel iron construction,

forwardly and having its opposite I and 3 curved rearwardly and in-Seated within the channel bar and pro: therefrom is a rubber cushion 6,which 1.. ends the length of the bar with its opposite ends held secureto the end portions the variousdetails of construction of the 1923.Serial No. 654,364.

of, the bar byuneans of bolts 7, or the like, extended throughtheseparts. Along, the central or body portion, the rubber cushion isheld within the channel by means of bolts 8 extended vertically throughthe opposite side flanges of the bar and through therubber cushion, asshown in Figure Formed longitudinally of the bar *l along apartapertures 11. Arms 12-12a-re pro vided for supporting the bar atopposite The rearward portions of the two support-' mg. arms areprovlded with longitudinallyextending slots 15 throughwhich bolts, 16

are extended to secure the arms to plates 17 a that may be secured inany suitable'imanner to the 't'orward ends of the opposite side beams 4;and 5 of the frame 'of the vehicle whereon the bumper is-used.

The plates 17 are provided along their lower edges with holes 18 toreceive the bolts or rivets whereby they are mounted on the vehicleframe and are provided with'a pluralityoi vertical slots 19through'which the bolts 16 are extended. These vertical slots in theplates, and horizontal slots in the arms 12, provide for adjusting thelatter forwardly or rearwardly, also upwardly ordownwardly so that thebumper bar may be held at any desired position within its limits ofadjustment. Thespaced apart apertures in the bar rib provide for spacingthe arms closer or farther apart to fit the vehicle I frames ofdifferent widths.

.bar of a similar character except in its connection with its support.In this construction the bumper bar issupported yieldably from a fixedbar 30 that is rigidly supported from the vehicle frame by the arms12-12.

A,plurality of pins 31 are fixed in the. bumper bar at equal intervalsand these ex-- tend slidably'through the supporting bar; Nuts 32 arefixed on the ends of the pins-to ends prevent their being caught bypassing vehicles or when the vehicle equipped with the bumper is backingup.

It is readily apparent that various changes in the details of"construction could be changed Withoutdeparting from the spirit of theinvention, and for this reason I do not wish to be limited to thedetailsillustrated. 3 0

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new therein anddesire to-secure by Letters-Patent, is: a

1; The combination with a vehicle frame comprising opposite'side beams,of plates secured to the said beams at opposite sides of the frame; saidplates having a plurality of vertical slots therein,- a bumper bar,comprising a forwardly facing channel bar, a

rubber cushion seated in the channel, supporting arms fixed at-theirforward ends to the bumper bar and having longitudinal slotted innerendsdisposed adjacent the said comprising a; forwardly opening channelbeam with its opposite ends curved rearwardly and inwardly, arubbercushioning member secured within the channel bar, said bumper bar havinga longitudinal rib along its back side provided-with openingstherethrough, supporting arms for the bar having slotted forward endsand receiving thesaid rib and bolts extended through said ends andthrough the rib openings; the rearwvard ends ofthe said arms havinglongitudinal slots thereinand disposed adjacent to the supporting platesand bolts extended through said slotted endsof the arms and through theplate, slots to secure the arms at adjusted positions. I

Signed at Everett, Snohomish County, lVashington this 18th day of July,1923.

' JEREMIAH HAYES.

